People need instruments such as land rovers to explore distant planetary surfaces for them.
Design technologies to learn about the surface of a mystery moon and use NASA Mars data to choose a landing site for a rover!
Use NASA data to learn about sites on Mars and choose the best location to land a rover.
4 Activities • 40–60 minutes class time per Activity
Design and create remote sensing devices to help scientists learn about a far-away moon.
8 Activities • 55–60 minutes class time per Activity
Engineer a device to split wavelengths of light. Use it to learn about different light sources. Design a way to illuminate dark areas.
2 Activities • 60 minutes total
In these Activities, youth answer the guiding question, “How can we use data collected from a distance to choose a landing site on Mars?”
In these Adventures, youth answer the guiding question, “How can we design remote sensing devices to help scientists learn about a far-away moon?”
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In this Activity, youth discover how a diffraction grating splits light into different wavelengths.
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